On the right side of the screen, you’ll find “Download the Streamer for your Computer.” The first dropdown menu asks you which version you’d like. Using the link above, download the Splashtop Streamer software to your computer.

the Splashtop Remote app (currently $4.99 for iPad, or Android but always check for the most current prices from your mobile device).

the Splashtop Streamer (installs to your computer).

Using Splashtop Remote will enable you to hand your mobile device to a student to interact with or add to any content you’re presenting as well.

It’s also an advantage when working with software for the interactive whiteboard. Being able to control your computer from anywhere in the room provides you with the opportunity to manage your instructional presentation while continuing to monitor what’s going on around the classroom. Teachers may also be interested in another way to use the iPad: mirroring the desktop of your computer to your iPad.

There is no reason to not give it a try if you do a lot remote control, Splashtop will definitely be one of the better alternative to the default build-in Windows RDP.In previous blog posts, we’ve discussed choices for mirroring your iPad to a screen. Launch the application, from there you will see the list of the computers that you can remote control into, assuming they previously have Streamer installed. Now go download the Splashtop Remote Client (Free on Windows platform, paid on Mac OS X and iOS devices) on the computer that you want to remote access to the host. Once you finished installing the Streamer, launch and finish the basic configuration settings like setup a password etc. On the computer that you wish to connect to (the sever, or streamer) you can download the Splashtop Streamer and install it.

Get Started With Splashtop Streamer and Remote Client They even support 3D game play (though full-screen is not supported) and HD video stream.

The responsive delay is almost instant, especially for LAN connections, it out performed both VNP and RDP in terms of responsiveness. Splashtop is probably by far one of the best remote desktop control solution in terms of performance I’ve ever tried. Here is the awesome catch, Splashtop for Windows (both client and streamer) are all free. Splashtop on the other hand like VNC, can remote control while a user is logged in, but unlike any other VNC solutions it use a proprietary protocol to reduce latency and provide a more responsive user experience for their remote desktop client. Of course all the VNC based remote desktop here and here could solve this issue, but performance from those alternative is not very attractive. One of the limitation with the build-in Windows RDP is that users aren’t able to remote control a computer concurrently simultaneously while another user has already logged in.

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